Lecture 11Outline of Last Lecture I. Historical ContextII. Worldview: Ultimate Reality and its CharacteristicsIII. Confucianism: The MasterIV. Confucianism: Concepts and ConcernsV. Five Confucian VirtuesOutline of Current Lecture VI. Five Confucian VirtuesVII. Confucianism: Later DevelopmentsVIII. DaoismIX. Daoism: LaoziX. Daoism: Laozi and Daodejing XI. Daoism: Problem and SolutionXII.Daoism: Wu WeiXIII. Daoism: ZhuangziCurrent LectureXIV. Five Confucian Virtuesa. Filial Piety (xiao)b. Benevolence (ren)c. Reciprocity (shu) i. Five Basic Relationshipsd. Ritual Propriety (li)PHIL 1101st Editioni. proper behavior within the societye. Cultivation (wen)i. emphasis on education and cultivation of all 5 relation-shipsf. Moral Force (de)i. person who cultivates these 5 virtues contains thisii. Junzi possesses this force1. can affect social order with this forceXV. Confucianism: Later Developmentsf. establishment of 5 classics as basis for educational systemg. development of “school of confucius”h. development of national system of confucian temples where people would pay homage to sprit tablets of the master and his disciplesXVI. Daoismf. daoism and confucianism-alternative responses to the tradi-tonal worldviewg. the “other side” of chinese societyh. philosophical daoism vs religious daoismThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is bestii. religious(2nd c CE)-later developmentiii. philosphical(5th c BCE)i. core writings: daodejing, laozi, and ZhuangiziXVII. Daoism: Laozif. legendary author of Daodejingg. few facts known about him (did he really exist?)h. subject of folk-tales and legendsXVIII. Daoism: Laozi and Daodejingf. order=natural order= Dao (“Way”)g. Dao Characteristicsii. Namelessnessiii. Changelessness1. no beginning or endiv. Singularity1. only one daov. Non-being (wu)1. name referring to the beginning of heaven and earth2. does not meaning nothingnessvi. Weaknessvii. In-and-of-itself-ness (ziran)1. being the way it is by itselfXIX. Daoism: Problem and Solutionf. Problem: world has fallen into dis-order and disharmony- natu-ral order/dao has been disturbed due to interference and arti-ficialityg. Solution: reestablish order and harmony, not by making inter-ventions (don’t create social hierarchy) but by realiging one-self with the natural order/daoXX. Daoism: Wu Weif. Wuwei: “non-action” spontaneous, effortless action, fostering the principles of simplicity and gentleless/weaknessg. Ideal: Sage- perfectly channels of the Dah. Cultivationii. observe the Dao and learn from the DaoXXI. Daoism: Zhuhangizif. poet and philospherg. promoting complete renunciation of societyh. Zhuangi, the text, emphatically philosophial and abstracti. interest in mind and cognition (will greatly influence develop-ment of Ch’an Buddhism in
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